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Identification tag for the ears of animals

EP 0010486 B1 · Applicant: SOCIETE NOUVELLE ROCKALL FRANCE S.A.

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  • Filed October 11, 1979 and granted August 15, 1984. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 11, 1999.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by April 11, 2005.
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FiledOctober 11, 1979
PublishedApril 30, 1980
GrantedAugust 15, 1984
Term endedOctober 11, 1999
Application numberEP 79400733
Classification (CPC)G09F3/00 +1 more

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1980198219841986198819901992199419961998Application filedOct 11, 1979PublishedApril 30, 1980Patent grantedAug 15, 1984Term endedOct 11, 1999

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